Reality is what is.
One of the things that gets us off track in life is not recognizing what is. We are in denial. We make excuses. We are afraid to accept life or situations in which we have found ourselves.
Today's meditation mantra is "I am aligned with reality." Think about what that means to you. Look up the words aligned and reality. How does this resonate in your life?
We don't realize that we actually create our own realities. We make decisions based on pure desire, lack of self-control or erroneous information.
Who is responsible for giving us the tools to recognize reality, accept it and live according to our God-given abilities? At first, we would expect our parents to give us such knowledge.
We know that not all parents are equipped to fulfill their children with enough love, guidance and acceptance that allow them to blossom into themselves. It's unfortunate, but it's a reality. We often become worn-out adults who didn't get the best foundation and relied solely on either our misguided instincts or we learned by experience. After a lifetime of making mistakes, we begin to realize what works and what doesn't. And we start to peel back the layers of protection and illusion.
According to "The Essence of Yoga – Reflections on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", There are five mental activies. They are understanding, error, imagination, deep sleep and memory. "Understanding, or correct mental grasp, is a mode of apprehension, of measuring reality. Error appears to be correct grasp, but is actually a misunderstanding that originates either from the information itself or from its bad transmission, reception, or interpretation. Imagination is the faculty of creating things that do not correspond with reality (think…making up stories in your head that have no basis in reality). Deep sleep is dreamless sleep and memory is the faculty of recording elements that issue from the other four activities."
When you're afraid, when you're unsure, when you're confused, when you're angry, when life isn't going smoothly, you are most likely out of alignment. Just a note here…if you're going through grief which is a normal process after trauma, consider that there is a process and when aligned with the right kind of help and people, you can heal and feel peace again.
Yogis practice to develop a correct mental grasp that influences our evolution in a positive way. We try to reduce mistakes that cause suffering. Our goal is to use the imagination creatively, as it is the basis of all creation, artistic or otherwise.
The truth is, we can have good, sweet lives, or we can have messed up lives or just ordinary, run of the mill lives. But an extraordinary life is one that deals with the world as it truly has manifested. Accepting people as they really are, and loving them anyway. Working with what's real and being real – committed to being ourselves, loving and accepting ourselves, loving and accepting others. Finding tools that help us navigate life. Recognizing our mistakes are opportunities for change and growth. Forgiving ourselves for past errors of judgment. Moving forward to enjoy what you have at every given moment.
Sit quietly for 5-10 minutes and repeat several times the phrase, "I am aligned with reality." Keep this phrase in your consciousness and allow it to lead you daily into evolving peacefully and more fully into yourself.
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